Paper apologises in court for false Reilly claims

The publishers of the Irish Mail on Sunday have apologised in the High Court to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, James Reilly, over an article which falsely linked him to a developer building a new public health clinic.

Charles Meenan, counsel for Dr Reilly, said the matter arose out of defamation proceedings brought over an October 7, 2012, article when his client was health minister.

The article claimed there were links between Dr Reilly and a developer building a HSE primary care centre in Swords, Dublin, arising out of a property transaction between the minister and the developer.